I suspect that there aspects of these stereotypes that apply more to evangelicals than to other Christians, but I certainly think the Catholic church faces this heavily as well. Here in Philadelphia, I find more discomfort with Catholics than with evangelicals. When I was in the south, the evangelicals really set the tone. The arguments happening now in the episcopal church are also making a contribution. The Methodist trial of a lesbian pastor a few years ago certainly added to the sentiment that Christians are anti-lesbian and gay. So I think the mainline is right here in the midst of this, too.

Dustin Kidd